Car-truck.



J. TIMMS.

0 m TRUCK. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 6, 1908.

Patented May 11, 1909.

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UNITED. STATES PATEN OFFICE.

CAR-TRUCK.

No. 921,636. Specification of Letters iatent; resented m 11, mos. A' iiiiicauoii filed member-s, 1908; serial No, 61,319.

, 1 To accomplish this purpose, no bolts or their"- Be it known that I, J AMES TrMMs, a citizen fastening means are needed, and the di'SpeITS-" of the United States, residing at Columbus, ing with bolts, which are usuallyemployed at in the county 'of Franklin and State of Ohio, this part of the car't'ruck con'structibn'is of 60 5 have invented certain new and useful 1111- great advantage, providing not onl a rovements inCar-Trucks, of which the folstronger construction but one which isless" owing is a specification, a a a likely to become loosened and disconnected My invention relates to improvements in onaccount of the shaking and jarring which cartrucks and has especial reference to the is necessarily incident to the use of the truck. 65 construction oif the truck; columns, the seat- The bolster 17 has the inner shoulders 18 ing of the same on the inverted arch bar, the an'd'19 and the outer shoulders 20 and 21 construction of thebolsterspring seat, and formed thereon, the portion22 between the the provision-foi plaicing the bolster in o'sishoulders being formed preferably square; in tion. The construction is such that all 'olts positioning the bolster it is inserted through 15 are dispensed with ejrcept at the ends of the the opening 23 between the truck columns:

, To all whom it"moy concern:

, arch bar and the inverted arch bar where the until the shoulders lie upon the opposite sides same are secured to the journal jbox'. of the truck columns, whereupon the nation It also includesother; features of construc- 22 is brought into the notch 11 and t e boltion which will hereinafter be sp ecifically'set ster is lifted to its appropriate position in the 2o forth, 1 v, a j H v upper portion ofthe said 0 ening, and the f ln th a ompanying drawings which are inner "and outer pairs of shou ders engage the hereto attached and hereby made a part of truck columns on opposite sidesthereof and this specification, Figure '1 is an elevation of thereby (prevent any tendency 'of the trucks a s'ide'fraine with parts brokenaway; Fig. 2 is to rea V v 25 ajtransverse sect ori'throu'gh the side frame e s ring seat 24 is ior'ined -by using a witht'hefpart s inplace; Fig. 3is'a perspective spring '1) ank 25, which has formed near its of a bolster; Fig. 4 is a view showmg a'modiends the shoulders 26 and 27, and when the fied term of spring seat in plan;-F1g. '5 is a lank is properly positioned as shown in a side view tlireof. Y I 2 the shoulders extend downwardly 30 Referring to the ac'coinpanyin" drawings and engage the column base and the inverted in which the same numeral indicates the arch baron their opposite sides, and thereby 8Ov v same part throughout, 1" i s the arch 'b'ar restprevent any tendencyof the column base 'to ing at its ends 2 and 3'upon-the j ouriial boxes shiftits position laterally u on the inverted 4 and 5, .andbeing secured thereto by means ar'dh Bar; it will be Iidtd t at, this result is 35 of'the bolts shown at 6 and 7; the arch bar obtained without the useof bolts, which I has rigidly formed thereon the truck columns deem to' be of great advantage. Instead of 8 and 9, and these columns at their lower the spring plank I may employ the spring ends are united by means of the colu'nm base seat shown in Figs. 4 and 5, on which are 10. The notch 11 in column .Qis formed for formed depending shoulders or lugs 28, which 40 the purpose ofadmitting'the bolster to a pohe on 0 posite sides of the column base and sition in a manner hereinafter to be deinverted arch bar and lock them together. scribed. The inverted arch bar 12 is-secured The spring is shown at 29..

at its ends 13 and -l iby means of the bolts 6}- In assembling the parts, the sprin seat is and 7 to the journal boxes and-to the arch first positioned, whereupon the b0 ster is 45 bar, in a manner well. understood. The inswung into position as describedabove, and a verted archbar at its center has the angular the spring, under com ression, is thereupon formation shown at 15, into-which the col-- inserted between the olster and the spring umn base 10 fits, being formed withthe in-- seat, resting upon'the latter. verted arch portion shown at 16. When the In operation,'the truck frames are rigidly 50 arches are securely positioned and fastened and securely held in position with respect to' .by means of-the bolts to the journal boxes, it each other, the column base and the inverted is seen that the angularformation of the colarch bar'are securel locked against longitunmn base engages the an la'r formationin dinal movementre a'tive'to each other by .1; the inverted arch banan movement'of the, .means ofthe angular formation givento 55 column base upon the-inverted arch bar in' a these: parts, and they are locked against longitudinal direction-is thereby prevented. lateral inovement relative to each other by;

' assemb means'of the shoulders formed on the spring seat; one notch only need be formed, and

this may belocated in either of the truck columns.

The parts are readily assembled and dised, bolts are needed only at the ends of the arch bars where the latter are secured to the journal boxes, and this construction.

is found to have advantages both in assembling and disconnecting of the parts and in the structural locking features.

I do not intend to confine'myself to, the specific form of parts shown in the drawings, but desire to c aim any variations thereof which may fall within the spirit of my invention.

What I claim is:

1. In a car truck, a side frame having an arch member, truck columns anda column base formed integral with said arch, the

lower face of said column-base having an angular formation,- an inverted arch bar having an angular formation adapted to receive the angular formation of said column base whereby the parts are locked together against longitudinal movement relative to each other.

2. In a cartruck, a side frame comprising an arch bar, truck columns and a column base formed integral therewith, one of said columns having a notch therein, an inverted areh bar-constructed to engage said column base and lock the same against longitudinal movement relative to said inverted arch bar, I and a bolster constructed to be inserted between said truck columns and swunginto proper operating position through such notch.

3. In a car truck, a side frame comprising an arch bar, truck columns and a column base formed integral therewith, one of said columns having a notch'therein, an inverted arch bar constructed to engage-said column base and lock the same against longitudinal movement relative to said inverted arch bar,

and a'bolster constructed to be inserted between said truck columns and swung into proper operating position through such notch, and a spring seat having depending extensions thereon adaptedto embrace said column base and'said inverted archbarto prevent lateral movement thereofwitlr re-- spect to each other. j

- 4. In a car truck, a side frame comprising an arch bar, guide columns and acolumn base formed integral therewith, saidcolumn base having a downward projection, an in- I verted arch bar constructed to receive said projection and thereby lock said column as'e and said arch baragainst lateral movement relative to each other, one of said columns having a notch therein, a bolster having spaced apart shoulders adjacent its ends adapted to be inserted'betwee'n said columns 'and turned through said notch into .proper operating position, a spring seat mounted upon said column base and means upon said seat for embracing said column base and saidinverted arch bar to prevent relative lateral movement thereof.

5. In a car truck, a side frame, comprising,

two members, an extension formed upon one of said members, said other member being formed with a corresponding depression to receive said extension to lock said parts together, one of said members havingan opening formed therein for receiving a bolster and spring, and a spring seat positionedinsaid,

opening adapted to embrace said members and prevent lateral relative movement thereof.

'- In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES TIMMS. Witnesses GEO.v W. RIGHTMIRE, A. RAGER. 

